"There is little choice in the matter..."
Therein lies the plight of the citizenry -- those that refuse to vote for the Democrat Organized Criminal Enterprise (DOCE) either endorse whatever the pubbies do, or stay home (or "waste" their vote on a third party).
Eat Democrat crap or Republican crap--you are correct.
Chesterton said that a Liberal is one who advances a cause; and a Conservative is one who tries NOT to reverse the cause.
Now you know why we have this mess.